What Budget 2026 means for you — welfare boosts, new housing funds, and tax changes 

Budget 2026 delivers major spending boosts for welfare, housing, and health, alongside new taxes on fuel, vapes, and cigarettes

Finance minister Paschal Donohoe (right) and public expenditure minister Jack Chambers (left) outside Government Buildings, Dublin, ahead of the budget. 

Finance minister Paschal Donohoe and public expenditure minister Jack Chambers have delivered Budget 2026, outlining major spending and tax changes for the year ahead.

Here's everything you need to know.